To John Murray 9 April [1870]
Summary
Finds Academy contains valuable matter for his work.
Descent progresses slowly – will not be ready for press for several months.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 9 Apr [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 207–208) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7162 |
To John Murray 5 [August 1870]
Summary
MS of Descent, except last chapter, is ready to send to printer. Hopes the printer will be able to keep him steadily at work correcting proof. "It drives me mad to change from job to job."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 5 [Aug 1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7265 |
To John Murray 4 September [1870]
Summary
Variation is a much better looking volume than Origin due to quality of paper and binding. Hopes JM will attend to this point in Descent. Printers have sent "splendid lot" of proofs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 4 Sept [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 211) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7316 |
To John Murray 26 September 1870
Summary
Wants sheets [of Descent] for foreign editions. Asks JM to determine price to be charged for the stereotypes of 62 cuts. Dallas would be excellent for the index but must be "civilly warned" not to delay. Encloses memo on the index.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 26 Sept 1870 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 214–17) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7327 |
To John Murray 29 September [1870]
Summary
CD did not promise Appleton stereotypes of text [of Descent]; only of cuts.
Wishes to know which passage JM thought "coarse". Remembers only a quotation from John Hunter on courtship of female being required "to give her desires" [Descent 1: 273]. He fancied a quotation rendered the sentence less coarse.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 29 Sept [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 212–13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7331 |
To John Murray 11 October [1870]
Summary
Glad to hear Dallas will do index of Descent, but he needs keeping up to the mark. Agrees to a Dutch edition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 11 Oct [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 41–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7341 |
To John Murray 22 October [1870]
Summary
He agrees with his family that binding of Variation looks much better than Origin.
Asks JM to report the number of copies he has printed of Naturalist’s Voyage [Journal of researches].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 22 Oct [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 218–19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7348 |
To John Murray 15 November [1870]
Summary
Would like to hear results of JM’s November booksale.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 15 Nov [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7371 |
To John Murray 17 November [1870]
Summary
Pleased at [advance] sale [of Descent]. Suggests 3000 copies be printed. Corrections are frightful and, CD fears, will not be done until end of year.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 17 Nov [1870] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 242) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7374 |
To John Murray [after 1 July 1870]
Summary
Wants to keep "The origin of man" as first part of title of book.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray; John Murray |
Date: | [after 1 July 1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 273 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7050 |
Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
Murray, John (b) | |
John Murray | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
Murray, John (b) | |
John Murray | (1) |